The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-12
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN.
Improving the Workingman's Condition and
Educating the People the Future Work.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-THE following let
ter from Senator John Sherman was read at the
sixth annual banquet of the Young Republicans
Of Philadelphia, tonight. at St. Georges Hall:
''wAsHINGToN D. c., April IL, 1887.
'Edw. Stewart. Esq, President Young Republicans.
Philadelphia:
'My Dear Sir-Whle am compelled to deny
myself the pleasure of dining with the Young
Republican Club of Philadelphia, on April II. ]
take the opportunity of expressing my nigh ap-
probation of the value of their services to the
cause of good government, in which We all are.
or ought to be, enlisted.
LAS of the seniors of the Republican
party, may be allowed to give words of en-
couragement and advice to the young men who
have assumed, will assume, tho control or
our political organization. We certainly should
feel pride in the great measures that have been
successfully executed by the Republican party,
and although you may not have to conduct
gigantic war for the preservation of the Union,
and will probably have no such difficult task AS
reconstruction and slavery to deal with, vet the
work of the Republican party is but fairly be-
gun. That which is hest and most honorable,
that which is to come, will depend chiefly upon
the vigor. integrity and patriotism of the young
Republicans who, like yourselves. are now
organizing to continue the WORK of the past.
What you have to do is to still further develop
and diversity American industry IL should be
aim to produce everything in this
country for which the God OF nat
ure has given us the raw 10 materials,
or which are suited to our soil and climate.
Every measure should be supported that will
tend to foster, defend and protect home indus
/tries. We should rot be content until every
channel of communication capable of improve
menr, and which will yield benefits equal to
their cost, shall be improved. The education of
the rising generation, without respect to race.
color or previous condition, ought to be a con-
slant object OF desire. The equal enjoyment of
every civil and political right given by the Con-
stitution should be secured by every legal and
constitutional The shadows and
prejudices of the past should be lifted
by the lights of modern civilization. The
workingman, In every condition and
employment of life, should be en-
every reasonable means to advance his condition
and TO open to him, by honest labor and enter
prise. all the avenues of wealth and honor. Our
adversaries may brood over the dead past and
mourn the decay of confederate ideas, tut Re-
publicans hail with unbounded satsfac, on every
at home and abroad, conscious that this is con-
sistent with the full powers of State, county
and local government, reaching to every family
and homestead In the land
with the sincere hope that your society, and
kindred societies throughout the United States,
may take up the work Of the Republican party
and carry it to its logical results am, as ever,
Very truly yours.
Ex-Gov. John S. Wise, of Virginia, was the
guest of the evening. In responding to a toast,
he made vigorous attack upon the Democratic
party. In overhauliug its record he said the
Democratic party had failed to carry out its
pledges to repeal the internal-revenue laws; had
defeated the Blair educational measure, after
psdeing itself TO its passage, and had won
power by its assault on the surplus. yet had
piled up q larger surplus than ever 1t had
passed law of interstate commerce so bad tha,
its own commission is forced to suspend its
operation to avoid panic and business stampede
THE Republican party, if t would wiD." he
said, must cease stalking its all on New York
Virginia is Republican; eleven counties with
10000 whites and hut Is, 900 blacks, give on an
aggregate vote Of 80 900. Republican majority
of 1000 Indiana no more has Hendricks
and Mcdonald to lead; the one is dead; the other
snubbed. West Virginia is Republican, ant
Tennessee and North Carolina ready t.
come. Let US devote one-tenth the energy an(
menans them that have gone to New York il
the past, and the victory is ours"